John Allen COLLIER

(1787-1873)

COLLIER, John Allen,
(great-grandfather of Edwin Arthur Hall), a Representative from New
York; born in Litchfield, Conn., November 13, 1787; attended Yale
College in 1803; studied law in the Litchfield Law School; was
admitted to the bar at Troy, N.Y., in 1809 and commenced practice
in Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y.; district attorney of Broome
County June 11, 1818, to February 25, 1822; elected as an
Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4,
1831-March 3, 1833); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1832
to the Twenty-third Congress; comptroller of the State of New York
January 27, 1841, to February 7, 1842; unsuccessful candidate for
election in 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress; appointed a
commissioner to revise the statutes in 1847; presidential elector
on the Whig ticket in 1848; resumed his law practice; died in
Binghamton, N.Y., March 24, 1873; interment in Spring Forest
Cemetery.

Bibliography

Philp, Kenneth R. “John Collier and the Indians of the
Americas: The Dream and the Reality.” Prologue 11
(Spring 1979): 5-21.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present